Louis Den Beat Cypher Thursday 17th June - CAPPO, TRANQILL, BUG, SMITH THE MISTER & MALIK

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CAPPO - A cornerstone of the Nottingham scene MC/Producer Cappo has been putting out releases since '99 with his early EPs, his debut LP - "Spazz The World" (released in 2003) received great reviews across the board and cemeted Capz place as one of the countries premier MC's (Grand Finale - http://bit.ly/au6pvy / Learn To Be Strong - http://bit.ly/djOnTA), more recently he's dropped EP's with fellow Notts producers ENDEMIC and frequent collaborator STYLY CEE in the form of the Needledrop and H Bomb EPs.

While this may read like an MC's CV Cappo also puts in solid work behind the boards having produced the RESILLIENCE EP on Main Rock which featured a whole host of Nottingham emcees including MR 45, SCORZAYZEE and more; earlier this year his follow up LP GENGHIS which was entirely self produced, banging drums and a hard hitting style is what we'll be blessed with at the Den, no doubt Capz will tear it up! - http://www.cappohq.com/

BUG - Louis Den regular BUG has been making waves with his debut release "Cosmic Lab" b/w "20 Winks" (downloadable here - http://bit.ly/bZwqqF), the release has been getting national radio burn courtesy of tastemakers such as Benji B and Giles Peterson and favourable quotes from the likes of Ty, Kidkanevil and Ohmega Watts.

Shortly before his debut release BUG had also worked is way through the 12 week duel that was the LOUIS DEN BEAT BATTLES LEAGUE 2009 beating over 70 producers to come out ontop of our sample based tournament (listen to BUG's league beats here - http://bit.ly/bxvqq8), expect headcrack soul and lush soundscapes! -http://www.bugmusic.net/

TRANQILL - Is a reclusive South London producer and MC who tells brutal tales of street life with rare wit and panache. It’s like the first time you heard the Wu-Tang: raw, spontaneous, urgent paranoia that’s instantly compelling, his most recent release "The Hidden Treasures EP" on Onehanded Music serves as a perfect introduction having selected 3 tracks from the vault to bless listeners ears.

Tranq's style is gritty rhymes over raw loops, straight to the point and no nonsense!!; enough to catch the ears of DJ Mary Anne Hoobs who threw the Paul White Dub of "Payroll" onto her Wild Angels compilation last year, next from Tranqill is a full length LP entirely produced from former beat cypher guest ODDISEE (Diamond District, The UN, J-Live and more) - http://www.myspace.com/tranqill


SMITH THE MISTER - Birmingham based producer Smith The Mister first came to our attention via Louis Den's own MYKE FORTE, Smith's got a wide range producing a mix of Electro, Down Tempo and Broken Beat. Its work in these fields that got the attention of Dave from the legendary DE LA SOUL who recruited Smith into his collective of music/art/fashion creative's SODA BOYS (which also includes louisden affiliate BUDGIE), Smith produced their debut single "EVERY BODY CHA CHA" which dropped towards the end of '08 http://youtu.be/VjvEfSy85UY /http://www.myspace.com/sodaboy4ever

More recently Smith also took part in the Louis Den League 2009 and despite entering the contest over a third the way in still managed to chart within the top 3 producers of his division (http://bit.ly/aC5ORE) Smiths bangin beats prove the second city got heat, expect him to do more than keep up the pace at the beat cypher! -http://www.myspace.com/smiththemister


ON THE MIC

MALIK
Birmingham legend Malik is a member of Brum based hiphop collective MD7 who have released the albums "The Power And The Glory" and "Life In The City" much to critical acclaim thanks to well received singles such as silent screams (http://youtu.be/51cjXRnRiG0) and The Rain (http://youtu.be/r3yStnFmK3g), as a soloist Malik has made moves with his own singles "Something Real" (http://mysp.ac/9aVNjn) and "Blues Ground" (http://bit.ly/bCLFBB).

Malik has performed along side artist such as Fabolous, Amy Winehouse , Immortal Technique, Jay-Z, Heartless Crew ,Mark Ronson, Skinnyman, A-Alikes, Rodney P, Yogi, Mike GLC Black Twang and Foxy Brown to mention a few, he's also worked with producers such as Baby J, Urban Monk,Cipher and Mark Ronson. As a regular guest on radio shows such as the Tim Westwood show on Radio 1, Choice FM's DJ 279 show and 1-Extras Ras Kwame and Rodney P.

Quite the resume!!, at the Beat Cypher Malik will be performing over the backdrops provided by the nights producers as well as some newer treats!


Also performing will be CAPPO and TRANQILL who are also MC's as well as beatmakers!! a first for a Louis Den beat cypher as the producers take to the mic as well as being behind the boards!

Behind Closed Doors 2 Production DVD OUT NOW

Ltd BCD2 Box Set

Neatly wrapped but whats inside?

T-Shirt, DVD & Beat CD

Poster, postcards and stickers

BCD2 is OUT NOW! Be quick if you want to buy one of the limited boxes pictured above as theres not many left. I'm not going to spoil our viewing experience but my personal feeling is they (Kosyne and AB0181) have improved on the first issue dramatically, from the features and editing to the pace and content. If your into beats, you need to see it. Here's the two trailers to make you get your MPC, SP, PC, Mac or pots and pans of choice out and don't sleep! It features some of the dopest UK and European producers and comes with a beat cd with beats from all the featured producers and with the DVD clocking in at over 80 minutes it's highly recommended and value for money.

Crosyne Live @ Home Cookin', The Yardbird, B'ham

New York was incredible but that's a separate post, radio back to usual Monday with Cappo & Styly Cee launching the mighty Genghis album live in the s, if you haven't already go grab one now as it may have sold out by it's official release on Tuesday!

I'm Djing with Kosyne on a hosting tip @ Home Cookin' this Friday (2nd April) 8pm-2am with Mr Muz and Feva, always have a great night there so don't miss it!

Half Past Calm 2

Jon's Got Beats

Tartan Bullies + Kosyne + Depths = Heat

Innit! You can grab the finished track HERE

It's Coming...

Round 1, Fight!

Shouts to AB0181 (get subscribing to his Youtube channel) for the sterling camera and editing work, if you missed Louis Den Beat Cypher 07 you missed what was for me the best one yet, proving that alot of the under the radar cats are bringing serious heat that should be worrying the bigger names

Round 1 (Apatight, Naive, Dock Mini & Knox Brown)

Round 2 (Apatight, Naive, Dock Mini & Knox Brown)

Brucie Bonus - Open Beats with S-type and Jaisu

Phonics Blaps @ LDBC 7

S-type got his mobile phone out while Mr Phonics got to play some beats in the open beat round at last weeks Louis Den, Jon's got beats for days, Half Past Calm 2 is ready to drop and if you missed it you can still grab CRAZYILLMADROWDY feat Sonnyjim and myself on the cuts, shouts to Kos!

Louis Den Pictures

A few pictures from Louis Den on Thursday night, all the producers were so on point. Massive thanks to all the people who traveled long distances for it, unheard of for a mid week hip-hop night! (Too many people to name but you know who you are!) Enjoy the pics and if you missed it, it was definitely the best one yet, next live night will be December...

L-R Apatight, Naive, Dockmini and Knox Brown

Rtillery performing

Apatight and Naive
Kosyne
Jimmy Raygun (The rest of Tactical Thinking were stuck on the motorway)
Crowd hypeness
Air keyboard with AB0181 and Jon Phonics
Soweto Kinch

AB0181 also put together a brief history of Louis Den

MI 21-09-09 Redbeard and Kosyne Live

Redbeard's single launch is TONIGHT @ The Yardbird, 8 - 12pm and everyone attending will get the single free! Louis Den, Eat Good and Scratch Club are repping too so it'll be a be a great night

Main Ingredient Radio Show
Mon Nights 12-2am New Style Radio,
98.7FM (West Midlands) / Sensei FM 21-09-09
w/ Redbeard & Kosyne
DOWNLOAD HERE
http://sharebee.com/a69fa0bc

Wio-k, Serocee & Ty - An Ting Remix (Exclusive)
MCM - So Many Places (Headcount)
Capitol 1212 - Shooting Stars
Dynas feat Slick Rick - The Apartment
Fashaun - Fash Plays It Cool
Taskforce - Death Of Lol
Redbeard - Agency Scum (Eat Good)
DJ Spinna feat Kriminul - New York (High Water Music)
Deep Rooted feat Blu - From The Heart
Redbeard - Bad Mannerz (Eat Good)
Jon Phonics feat Sonnyjim - Crazyillmadrowdy
100x - Flowers In The Attic (Freestyle Records)
Micall Parknsun feat Jehst & Kashmere - Movementz (YNR)
Mr Fresh feat Chrome - Travelfox

Redbeard Freestyle

Natural Elements - The Promo (Tommy Boy)
Tame One - Molly (Amalgam Digital)
MOP - What I Wanna Be
Apathy - I'm A Demigod
Diversion Tactics - Can't Swim (Boot)
Sha Stimuli - Follow The Leader
Sean Price feat Torae & Skyzoo - Duck Down (Duck Down)
DJ Mitsu feat Grap Luva - Word To The Wise

TRUTH Procrastinat(k)ing FREE DOWNLOAD

No radio show last night due to technical problems in the studio I'm told should be fixed for next weeks so fingers crossed, as you've got no radio show to download heres something else for you to check..I thought I'd posted his back when it first dropped but looks like I didn't so my bad and better late than never (or go revisit it if you got it a few months back and haven't played it for a while). This is surprisingly Truths debut ep and a mighty fine listen from start to finish it is too, plus as one of th hardest working people in this country (organising Rapsploitation Sessions which is one of the best nights in the UK, runs the website and does promo for peeps I'm not actually surprised). Featuring the additional vocal talents of Kosyne, Sonnyjim, Grimlok and Conflix and production is handled by Archimendes, Charlie Mac, Hoaxman, Sivey, Mr Laws, Mazzie, Prolifik & Truth himself whos no slough on the boards. Kimbo hooked up some nice artwork and best of all it's FREE so you've no excuses, "Pass That" is my joint (no pun intended)

Click the picture or DOWNLOAD HERE and leave the man some feedback

CRAZYILLMADROWDY

Heres a dope tune feat Sonnyjim that'll be on Jon Phonics new album / mixtape, I did the cuts hope you enjoy and shouts to Kosyne and Jon, click the picture or link to get the track and you can give Jon some abuse here

JON PHONICS - CRAZYILLMADROWDY

Jazzie B @ H&H Tonight and Beat Cypher 5 Footage

Jazzie B at the Hare and Hounds Tonight for Funkbox and Ab0181 has upped some highlights from last weeks Louis Den Beat Cypher, enjoy.

MI 08-06-09 w/ Soweto Kinch, Kosyne, Metamor and Peaks

A busy week with Louis Den Beat Cypher this Thursday and the Flyover Show on Saturday (full post on that after Thursday but if your eager you can find out more info here). Real nice freestyle at the end of the show and plenty of new heat and exclusives so get downloading and enjoy

Main Ingredient Radio Show
New Style Radio 98.7FM (West Midlands)
Mon Nights 12 - 2am
08-06-09 w/ Soweto Kinch, Kosyne, Metamor & Peaks
Download Here
http://sharebee.com/fe9591a5

Micall Parknsun - All 4 Hip-Hop / Remix (YNR)
Random Axe - Monsta Babies (Duck Down)
J.Dilla - 24k Rap (Nature Sounds)
Termanology - Low IQ feat Evidence (Show Off)
Freestyle Professors - Confuse A Few (Freestyle Records)
Guilty Simpson - Stress (Promo)
Dynas & 9th Wonder - Point Of View
Superstar Quamallah - You Need Knowledge
DJ JS-1 - Some Rap Ish feat Nutrageous, Copywrite and Jak D
Trek Life - Break Up Season
Focussed Few - The Goodness (Dented)
Recloose - Stress Free (Kool Kat)
AZ - The Format (Street Life)
Redman & Methodman - City Lights feat UGK (Def Jam)
Marco Polo & Torae - Hold Up (Fat Beats)
Jay-z - Death Of Autotune (Def Jam)
Tommy Evans - Me / You (YNR)
Mr Roam - Group Essential
Buff 1 - Pretty Baby (A-Side)
Frank N Dank - Shut It Down Dev One Remix
Chima Anya - Got That Soul
Morgan Zarate - MAB (Fat City)
The Clonius - Fogged Spacesuit (Ubiquity)
Sa-Ra - The Bone Song (Ubiquity)
Raul Supreme - Tunnel Vision
Paul White - Burnt By The Sun (One Handed Music)
Tiye Pheonix - Too Late For Us feat Phonte (Baby Grande)
Diamond District - In The Ruff
Elzhi - Hands Up

Freestyle w/ Soweto, Kosyne, Metamor and Peaks

Tumi - Let It Burn feat The Soil

Tap House Tonight, Hare and Hounds Tomorrow

Another busy bank holiday, tonight I'll be at the Tap House with Billy Chill Fingers tonight for Our Corner, knowing I like a challenge he says the bar has been raised so lets hope I can meet it, 9pm - 2am steez in Kidderminster.

Tomorrow (that's Sunday) sees me playing for Funkbox @ The Hare and Hounds (see post below) and Percy Filth's Elbow Grease Launch Party, also at the Hare and Hounds!
Cream of UK Hip-hop with EP performances and freestyles / exclusives from Stig, Dr Syntax, English, Kosyne, Redbeard, Sonny and Taharka, a live DJ battle between Weetamix and Loop Skywalker and EdoubleD and myself on the turntables, £3 before 10.30pm and £5 after. Might try and get a few tracks from his first ep (Don't Take It Percynal) performed too

PERCY FILTH
ELBOW GREASE LAUNCH PARTY
BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAY 24TH OF MAY
HARE&HOUNDS
106 HIGH STREET.
KINGS HEATH
B'HAM
B14 7JZ

Have a good un

Cro

Louis Den Beat Cypher Highlights

Virus got the better of me hence no updates, slowly getting back on it...
First up DJ IQ's made a nice highlights vid


Here's a short set (ie 3 verses!) from Ramson Badbones, filmed by DJ Gone who's excellent Sin City mixtape is out now. First beat is from MSI's Ranx who's interview went up with an exclusive track here


DJ IQ's beat for Kashmere still kills it for me

Final verse over a Sivey beat


I need to get some of the MSI live footage up as they killed it, but heres "Animals" to tide you over from the excellent Word Lab compilation

Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke and Rusty LIVE in Glasgow

Unfortunately I couldn't be there but AB0181 (he made the Louis Den BCD with Kosyne, if you've still not bought your copy, stop sleeping!) was there to capture some of the action, looks like it was the ishhhhhhhhhhh, at the start of the clip the crowd were going so nuts Hudsons laptop got knocked off...hope it was alright! Have a chilled sunday, new radio show tomorrow and I've got a nice lil music post lined up

MI 30-03-09 w/ C.O.L.D. Ravage and Kosyne, BCD and The Unseen

Sorry for the lack of updates, life stuff gets in the way sometimes

Main Ingredient Radio Show
New Style Radio 98.7FM Mon 12-2am,
30-03-09 W/ C.O.L.D, Ravage and Kosyne
DOWNLOAD HERE

C.O.L.D. were live in the studio and got Ravage on too, one of those weird moments when I realised I'd never properly met Ravage before even though I'd been aware of him since MSI & Asylum were featured in Downlow magazine (yeah anyone remember that?) back when I was a kid! (I'm thinking it's about 15 years which makes it extra crazy).

Kosyne dropped in at the end of the show to talk briefly about the new Louis Den "Behind Closed Doors" DVD / CD which is out now and can be ordered from here. It's over an hour long and features Eyebs, Darren Paul, Last Skeptik, S-Type, Jaisu, Ed Strong, Kelakovski etc and comes with a beat CD mixed by yours truly...a snip at £10 (+p&p) for both. Launch night on Thursday 16th April @ THE SUNFLOWER LOUNGE (PLEASE NOTE NEW VENUE!) but more on that closer to the time. Heres the teaser tailer and a new Jaisu beat vid

This Thursday is The Unseen at the Bulls Head again, PA's from The Custodians (they'll be on the next radio show too), Clarity and Justice, heres the info hopefully see you there...

Have a great week

Cro

ps Charles Hamilton is a complete wasteman, check Fresh Selects for the scoop, unfortunately it took this for me to find out about the blog but Kenny has some great music up don't sleep!

MI 22-12-08 XMAS CYPHER FREE DOWNLOAD

Thanks to everyone who made it out to see the NEW MASTER SOUNDS @ FUNKBOX on Friday or to OUR CORNER on Sat, both nights were dope. Annual Xmas Cypher last night, props to all the emcees who made the effort (especially Sero and J Leen coming up form London, troopers!) and Peaks who shared the turntable duties


Part 1 (The Music Bit) DOWNLOAD HERE

Part 2 (The Freestyle / Live Bit) DOWNLOAD HERE

No playlist as I've had about 4 hours sleep, you'll just have to listen so sit back, pour yourself a glass of your favourite tipple and enjoy.

Edit: I remember playing these

Main Source Bootlegging (DWG)
Nutrageous and Planet Asia Down With The Kingz
Lord Finesse Here I Come Large Professor Remix (No Sleep)


Peaks on the wheels

Kosyne with his invisible marakas and glowing chest!




J Leen, Sero and Kosyne
Metamor, Professor D and Redbeard
Beard and Kos with a shiny t-shirt
J Leen and Serocee


I'll be back on 5th Jan for a best of 08 show (which will probably spill over to two shows again)

If you haven't made your mind up on your New Years Eve plans, get yourself a ticket for the Hare and Hounds,


FUNKBOX, JIBBERING and JAM JAH will be in charge of the front room all night, £10 in 9am - 3am

I probably wont get to post again until after Xmas so have a chilled festive time with your friends and families, thanks for reading listening.

Cro

Louis Den Beat Cypher Paul McCartney Flip

Yeah it was another off the meatrack night with some ill beats and sample flips from S-Type, Jaisu, Roeg Du Casq and Darren Paul, in the spirit of Christmas it was a festive track to flip this time...so heres some straight swipage from Prolifik's Youtube posting (he's got plenty more dope vids up so don't sleep!) Shouts to everyone who travelled for the night, contributed in some way (again too many beats cd's from producers to play em all!!!)

"Louis Den Beat Cypher was live!!!!

Here is the first batch of footage from the night, a little teaser for the actual beat cypher rounds. Here, the 4 beatmakers had previously been given a sample to flip and they had to bring along their beat on the night. Since it is the holiday season, the sample was Paul McCartney/Wings - Wonderful Christmastime.

Who killed it?!?!

MORE HIGHLIGHTS COMING VERY SOON.

(Intro/Outro beats by Kelakovski)

WWW.LOUISDEN.COM"



As a bonus treat heres last years "Wrapped Up" for your viewing pleasure